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PENRITH BUSH FIRE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ______________________ DRAFT BUSH FIRE RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN
Appendix B Explanation of Bush Fire Management Zones
Zone Application
Asset Protection • To provide Fuel Free Zones (FFZ) and Fuel Reduced Zones
(FRZ) around assets or groups of assets which are adjacent to
bush fire hazard areas.
• Whilst Asset Protection Zones are most commonly applied in
residential developments, they also have application for many
other asset types.
Note: The application of Asset Protection zones alone may not
provide sufficient protection levels, particularly if the other essential
elements of bush fire protection are inadequate - for example if
buildings are not adequately constructed, and/or access to the area
to area does not meet the required standard, or the asset(s) being
protected is easily combustible.
Strategic Fire Advantage Applications for Strategic Fire Advantage Zones include:
• To provide fuel reduced areas which enable the protection of
assets by firefighters when Asset Protection Zones are not in
place
• To complement Asset Protection Zones where these do not
provide adequate protection.
• To provide fuel reduced zones in areas of high ignition
potential (eg along roads, rail lines, power lines etc) to slow the
development of fires, reduce their spread, and provide for safe
suppression.
• To provide strategically located fuel reduced zones (eg across
known fire paths) to reduce the potential for fires to become
campaign fires and to provide advantageous areas for fire
suppression.
• To provide strategically located fuel reduced areas to reduce
the vulnerability of assets which are susceptible to fire.
Land Management • Bush Fire Hazard areas where Asset Protection or Strategic
Fire Advantage Zones are not appropriate.
• Fire management in this zone is as required to meet the
relevant land management objectives (eg- ecological burns,
post log burns, silvicultural burns).
Fire Exclusion • Areas of fire intolerant assets for which it is appropriate to
exclude fire (eg- rainforest, fire intolerant vegetation
communities, fire sensitive cultural/historic heritage sites, pine
plantation, commercial crops.
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